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LetMyPeopleVote

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Wed Jan 12, 2022, 09:52 PM Jan 2022

Trump allies' fake Electoral College certificates offer fresh insights about plot to overturn Biden'

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In the weeks after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump's allies sent fake certificates to the National Archives declaring that Trump won seven states that he actually lost. The documents had no impact on the outcome of the election, but they are yet another example of how Team Trump tried to subvert the Electoral College -- a key line of inquiry for the January 6 committee.

The fake certificates were created by Trump allies in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and New Mexico, who sought to replace valid presidential electors from their states with a pro-Trump slate, according to documents obtained by American Oversight.

The documents contain the signatures of Trump supporters who claimed to be the rightful electors from seven states that President Joe Biden won. But these rogue slates of electors didn't have the backing of any elected officials in the seven states -- like a governor or secretary of state, who are involved in certifying election results -- and they served no legitimate purpose.

The documents were first posted online in March by the government watchdog group. But they received renewed attention this week, as the January 6 committee ramps up its investigation into Trump's attempted coup, including how his allies tried to stop states from certifying Biden's victory, in part, by installing friendly slates of electors who would overturn the will of the voters.
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Trump allies' fake Electoral College certificates offer fresh insights about plot to overturn Biden' (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2022 OP
If Crystal Mason, a black woman in Texas can be sentenced to 5 years for... Enter stage left Jan 2022 #1
+1 onecaliberal Jan 2022 #2
THERE is the 'thing' that should REALLY pizz EVERYBODY off! MyOwnPeace Jan 2022 #3

Enter stage left

(3,395 posts)
1. If Crystal Mason, a black woman in Texas can be sentenced to 5 years for...
Wed Jan 12, 2022, 10:02 PM
Jan 2022

voting while she was on probation, then EVERY SINGLE signatory on these documents should be sentenced to 25 years in prison, no chance of parole, and have their right to vote taken away from them.

To quote Glenn Kirschner, "Because Justice Matters"!

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
3. THERE is the 'thing' that should REALLY pizz EVERYBODY off!
Wed Jan 12, 2022, 10:05 PM
Jan 2022

"installing friendly slates of electors who would overturn the will of the voters."

Think about it - this 'mob' wants to throw out the effort that over 80 MILLION PEOPLE took to state who they want to run their country.
It is bad enough that we've already had people named 'president' in spite of not having the majority of the votes of the populace, but now they have actively tried to go even farther to 'get their own guy in' - in spite of losing (YES, HE LOST!!!!) by over 7 million votes!

May they ALL rot in hell after they get their fair punishment (if THAT happens ) for working to undermine the election by installing friendly slates of electors who would overturn the will of the voters.

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